Abdul Latif Romly

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Abdul Latif Romly
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Personal information
NicknameLatif
Nationality Malaysian
Born (1997-03-31) 31 March 1997 (age 27)
Perlis, Malaysia
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Weight69 kg (152 lb) [1]
Spouse
Datin Nurul Nabila Farhana binti Musaidi
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(m. 2022)​
Sport
CountryMalaysia
Sport Para-athletics
Disability class T20
Event long jump
Coached byMohd Syahrul Amri Suhaimi
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Long jump T20
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Long jump T20
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Doha Long jump T20
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 London Long jump T20
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Paris Long jump T20
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Kobe Long jump T20
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Dubai Long jump T20
Asian Para Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Incheon Long jump T20
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Jakarta Long jump T20
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Long jump T20
ASEAN Para Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Naypyidaw Long jump T20
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Singapore Long jump F20
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Kuala Lumpur Long jump T20
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Surakarta Long jump T20

Datuk Abdul Latif bin Romly PMW KMN (born 31 March 1997) is a Malaysian Paralympic athlete who broke T20 long jump world record 3 times on the same day and won Malaysia's third gold medal on September 11 at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He also won the gold medal in the men's long jump T20 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

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Athletics career

In 2015, Latif set a record-breaking 7.43 m leap to defend his T20 (intellectual disabilities) long jump gold medal at the 2015 Para Asean Games in Singapore. [2] In 2016 Rio Summer Paralympics Games, Latif broke his own world record three times in the same day. He also earned Malaysia's third gold medal of these Paralympics Games. He was chosen as the Malaysian flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

In 2021, Latif became the first Malaysian to defend his Paralympics title in the Men's long jump (F20) event with a leap of 7.45 m. [3]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

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References

  1. 1 2 "Abdul Latif bin Romly". Kuala Lumpur 2017 . Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Ming Wai, Tan (8 December 2015). "Abdul Latif leaps to new record at Para Asean Games". TheStarOnline. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Lim, Teik Huat (2021-09-04). "Long jumper Latif bags Malaysia's third and final gold". The Star. Archived from the original on 2021-09-04. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  4. ↑ "Chong Wei all fired up". Rajes Paul. The Star. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat". Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  6. ↑ "Hasni dahului 263 penerima darjah kebesaran Hari Wilayah Persekutuan 2022" (in Malay). Berita Harian. 8 February 2022.


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